Burton Hill

Burton Maxwell Hill (21 June 1883 – 7 January 1963) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and became a civil engineer by career.

Burton Hill
Member of Parliament for Charlotte
In office October 1935 – April 1945
Preceded by	Arthur D. Ganong
Succeeded by	A. Wesley Stuart
Personal details
Born	Burton Maxwell Hill (1883-06-21)21 June 1883 St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Died	7 January 1963(1963-01-07) (aged 79)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Leah Violet Beveridge m. 20 June 1911
Profession	civil engineer

Hill attended school in St. Stephen then the University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Science for engineering. From 1918 to 1925, he was the New Brunswick provincial Deputy Minister of Public Works. In 1925, Hill became a full provincial minister of Public Works under Premier Peter Veniot, but resigned later that year after the government was defeated in an election where Hill did not win a seat.

In 1929 and 1930, he was commissioner for the Saint John Harbour Board.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Charlotte riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940. After completing his second term, the 19th Canadian Parliament, Hill did not seek further re-election and left federal office at the 1945 election.

Electoral history

1940 Canadian federal election: Charlotte
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton M. Hill	6,099	58.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Walter DeWolfe	4,391	41.9	+9.8
Total valid votes			10,490	100.0

1935 Canadian federal election: Charlotte
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton M. Hill	5,436	51.5	+9.3
	Conservative	Chauncey Randall Pollard	3,386	32.1	-25.7
	Reconstruction	Walter Quartermain	1,732	16.4	*
Total valid votes			10,554	100.0

External links

• Burton Hill – Parliament of Canada biography